Drug design

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001971",
  "term": "Drug design",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The molecular designing of drugs for specific purposes (such as DNA-binding, enzyme inhibition, anti-cancer efficacy, etc.) based on knowledge of molecular properties such as activity of functional groups, molecular geometry, and electronic structure, and also on information cataloged on analogous molecules. Drug design is generally computer-assisted molecular modeling and does not include pharmacokinetics, dosage analysis, or drug administration analysis.",
  "synonyms": [
    "drug modeling"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "drug development",
    "drug interactions",
    "pharmacokinetics",
    "drug formulations",
    "pharmacodynamics"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "diseño de fármacos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/drug-design/"
}